wedrifid comments on Mysterious Answers to Mysterious Questions - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Origin 21 March 2012 09:12:34PM -1 points [-]

Funny to see how perfectly dark matter is used as a mysterious answer, in the sense of "How could the universe be expanding? Dark matter!" And I always thought that everything NGC told me as a kid was true and logical and rational. Another childhood memory crushed...

Comment author: wedrifid 22 March 2012 12:02:02PM 0 points [-]

Funny to see how perfectly dark matter is used as a mysterious answer, in the sense of "How could the universe be expanding? Dark matter!"

I thought the mysterious answer to that particular question was 'dark energy'. I don't think dark matter is enough to (not particularly) explain it.